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Essay On And Then There Were None

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Agatha Christie’s novel “And Then There Were None” is set in the time period of the 1930’s. There are many ways that this book could be rewritten so that it is set in the present time. Today’s technology would play a major role in the “new novel”. The technology such as ways to determine time of death, more accurate fingerprinting, and ways to contact others. If the inhabitants on the island would have had any of these types of technology, some of them would maybe still be alive. When the police were finally able to get over to Soldier Island, everyone was already dead. If they had the ability to determine the time of death to the tee, they might have been able to solve the case. In the 1930’s they were only able to approximate the time of death, but only if it happened very recently. Today’s technology allows coroners to examine a …show more content…

If one of the visitors on the island were to have a cell phone of any sorts they would have been able to call the main land or better yet 911. Then if they got a hold of someone, that someone could have sent a rescue plane, or boat. In turn saving all of the people still alive. If someone also would have had a computer they could have sent out an email of such sorts, and this also in turn would have sparked an SOS. Today’s technology could have helped in the mystery of Soldier Island. But because Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” was written in the time period of the 1930’s they did not have the types of technology that we have today. One way that would have helped the people on Soldier Island, would have to be better communication ways. But also what would have helped the police solve the mystery, would be better fingerprinting technology, and better ways of determining cause of death. Just maybe, if the people on Soldier Island had what we have today, they would still be

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